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Not sure if it is because I am not feeling well but that was actually quite funny 
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What's wrong bekind ?I wish we had some of your summer heat it's pretty chilly here in NZ
Hello
Do you mean what is wrong with me ?
If so I have a really bad water infection and ended up on antibiotics that really do not agree with me at all
It is your Winter there ?
I would gladly send you some of this Sun and heat over we have got if I could
I hope you are keeping well x
So sorry to read of your troubles 😞 Really hope things improve soon. Im totally struggling with the heat. Making me very breathless with even a gentle walk 🤦🏽♀️
Hello
I am not feeling well at all and these antibiotics are already affecting my stomach and with the heat well trust me to get a water infection now !
I am the same the heat is affecting my breathing I am just trying to stay as cool as I can and I don't feel like moving much anyway
Let's hope it gets a little cooler as I keep saying this weather we get is one extreme to another x
yes terrible time for water infection, poor you!
Im enjoying lots of fruity 🍓 ice cubes and so is the dog!!! 🤷🏽♀️
Oh dear, that's no good. My mum has the same infection right now, so I know how awful it can make you feel. Does it help if you take the antibiotics after food, on a full stomach? I hope they start working soon and that you feel better. ❤️
I would definitely like some of your summer sun, as it's winter here in Australia and quite chilly.
Hello
I am sorry your Mum as got one to they are so unpleasant I hope she feels better soon
Mine say take just after a meal so that is what I do but still they upset your stomach like they are doing now
I always find it so strange you are there chilly it is Winter we are here boiling it is Summer yet at Christmas you are outside in the Sun eating Christmas dinner and we are inside cold and hoping for snow , well some of us do
I hope you are keeping well x
Thankyou, yes I'm keeping fairly well at the moment. I often wish for a white Christmas and imagine how fun it would be, but I settle for enjoying watching Christmas movies, as there's always snow in them!
What's your idea of quite chilly? One Oz person I spoke to said that once the temperature reached 16 degrees they went indoors and put the heating on. I said that here in UK once the temperature reached 16 degrees we went on the beach!!😊😊
Hi, BeKind28,
I am so sorry to hear of your water infection. That is painful and can make you feel terrible. I hope that the meds help clear it out very soon.
Do you know offhand what your outside temperature is in Fahrenheit degrees? For my hot weather, I keep a secret stash of sugar-free popsicles in my freezer, but I love the sound of the fruity ice cubes.
I hope that you feel better soon!
Hello
The meds are helping but the side effects are dreadful and I have 5 more days to take them so this is not good as it is causing me anxiety
I have a thermometer in the garden how accurate it is I am not to sure but I think it is not far of and it is reading 84 Fahrenheit at the moment
Yes ice pops as we call them are handy to have in and me to the fruit ice cubes sound like a really good idea
Hope you are having a nice day x
Well, I am hoping for the nice day! 🤞 it is only 9:30 am here, so we shall see.
I think that I mentioned before that I lived in Texas for over 10 years. When I first went there, I flew from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to Dallas, Texas. This was in August, and the temperature in Pittsburgh was about 86 degrees F and humid. When I got off the plane in Dallas, it was 104 F and dry. I felt like my lungs were being sucked out of my body. Lol 😂 It took me a long time to get used to that heat.
I hope that you have a lovely day—maybe a little cooler.
Hello
Well we are 84F but how you managed the 104F I have no clue and now you say you are used to it
I suppose maybe you do adapt even though I am not doing well with it
So now you start your day and I hope it is a good one x
Lol! Actually, after the 10 years, I moved back to West Virginia. I don’t think that I ever really got used to days being over 100 degrees and hardly ever any rain.
In WV, our normal summer temperature is about 86 F, but we usually have high humidity. Since my HA, I struggle with high temperatures.
I am going back to see a cardiologist at the end of June to try to find out what is causing all of my breathing problems. Almost daily, I struggle (even sitting at rest) to take a breath. Sometimes, it actually feels better after walking or doing some household chore. It has the same feeling as trying to breathe during a panic attack, but I don’t think that I am panicking. Anyway, I hope that we can get it figured out. I had a chest CT scan about a month ago, so maybe the cardiologist can still use that data.
I hope that you feel better today, BeKind28. Try to enjoy your garden if it is not too hot. ❤️
Hello
So you did live in the UK ?
What made you move to America if I have got that right and do you miss the UK if I have
When you said West Virginia made me start singing the song
So your Summers are always like what we now seem to be getting these last 2 years
I am sorry to hear you are struggling with breathing problems glad you have had an xray and hopefully will be able to find out why and hope you tell us how that goes
I am having terrible side effects from these antibiotics I am having to take but thank you for asking
I cannot sit out yet in the garden it is to hot for me I wait till it is cooler
Enjoy your day x
I’m actually American, but an Anglophile. I love British literature, art, architecture, etc. I was an English major in undergraduate college. I had the opportunity to visit the UK in 1976, and I loved it! I lived there from August through December of that year. I traveled all around England and Scotland, but I lived in Oxford.
We also love the John Denver song, “Country Roads.” We sing it at all of the West Virginia University football games when we win. Plus, it is now officially one of our state songs.
Yes, our summers are filled with 80+ degree Fahrenheit days. Plus, we tend to have high humidity, so it can get uncomfortable. This week we have mainly had 70 degree days with low humidity—very nice 👍! I wish that it could stay cooler, but it won’t.
Thank you for the lovely chat today! It cheered me up, and I learned the correct term for ice pops. 😃
I hope that you have had a good day, and that you feel better.
Hello
I really enjoyed reading your reply and thank you for sharing that with me as well as it is a small world as we say as I am not to far from Oxford I know it well
I thought you called it Soccer games where you are and we say football
We have as our Anthem for the England games "Sweet Caroline " but you might already know that
You certainly do have it hot and I do not like it when it is humid so you do well coping as good as you do
I am getting side effects from the antibiotics but to be expected I always do even though I do not like it but I can tell they are starting to work thank you for asking
I think it can be good to get to know more about people if they are willing to share that is on Communities and this post is great for that opportunity as well as Andys crap jokes
I have enjoyed talking to you and getting to know you a lottle more to x
Is there still a pawn shop on the corner in Pittsburgh? (I'm showing my age here!)😊😊
Lol! That’s a good question. I did not live in Pittsburgh—just flew out from the airport so I honestly don’t know. I’ve also gone on river cruises there and to the Three Rivers Arts Festival, but I’m not really familiar with the city. 😊
Sorry if I misled you but it's a line from a song by Guy Mitchell going back to the 50s. " There's a pawn shop on a corner in Pittsburgh Pensylvania" but you are probably too young to have heard it.😊.
Lol! I am sorry that I missed the musical reference. Sometimes, I am way too literal.
Well, I didn’t hear it when it actually was made, but my favorite music is usually from the 1940s. I especially enjoy Billie Holliday’s music, Fred Astaire, and others from that time period. I used to stream a lovely station from the UK that played war time music (WWII).
I sympathise with the infection you've had it's extremely painful.I remember being put on a medication called Augmentin and it made me feel worse.
My Doctor told me to take it with food to lesson the discomfort it did get rid of it but I would never take it again.
Yes winter in New Zealand is quite cold in the mornings I watch GB TV to keep up with what's going on there as my son is married to an English girl.
Hope your better soon
Hello
This medication I have to take for it makes you feel dreadful but seems the one they say you have to take you just cannot wait till you have finished the course
So you keep an eye on us what is happening here your Son is living in the UK then ?
I imagine you must miss him but hope he gets over to see you x
Now your comment has made me laugh even though I am struggling to agree with you on this one x
Either I am really ill or something has happened to you that has made me laugh
Two actual funny jokes in one day this has to be a record
Well done ! x
no better today ???
Hello
Awful night last night and same today they have put me on antibiotics but already after taking 2 I know why do not like them they make my breathing worse , headache and you feel tired as well as generally unwell
Not sure how long I have to take them for as Chemist are waiting for the Doctors to get back to them as the prescription said take one twice a day for 7 days yet they only put 6 antibiotics down to be prescribed which makes 3 days
So the chemist has sent 3 days to be going on with till they find out what the Doctors want me to take and if it is 7 days to send another prescription but the side effects I am hoping it might be 3 days rather than 7
How are you ?
Thank you so much for asking how I am I thought that was so kind x
Aww hun so sorry to hear hope you ok. Sounds like me. I been put on antibiotics for 3 days for a water infection and tablets for reflux. They sent my sample away to a lab and if my bloating dosent go down after 3 days i have to go back. X
Hello
I read your post about your fingertips swelling I don't have the answer but glad they have gone down I wonder if the heat and antibiotics could have had anything to do with it you just never know
You did well going to the gym with all this going of well done and hope you had breakfast
I feel rubbish and causing the anxiety to go up
Thank you for replying x
Aw thanks be kind your probably right was a combination of everything and yep I had breakfast don't worry 😅. Aw sorry to hear you feel terrible this weather don't help. X
I know it is just a little cooler here tonight with the fan on it is not to bad even though been another hot day but the heat does not help I agree
Glad you are a little better now and good to know you had breakfast x
I was wondering how you were doing today, BeKind. Bet you could do without the uncertainty over your prescription on top of everything else.
I hope for your sake the right information is to take it for three days only!
Take care of yourself.
Get well soon BeKind
there is something weird going on here either with my phone or gremlins 🤔🥴I have tried to answer this post three times. I thought the first one went but when I looked to see if there where any comments I couldn’t find it, so tried again this morning and just finishing it off the screen changed and it totally disappeared and other posts came in !!!! So now I’m trying again, so first things first are you any better? Answering you about how I am not to good, I am having bad problems with my spine and hip again GP said time for repeat MRI but she forgot I now have pacemaker so not possible!! so going for X-rays next week which are not as good. My anxiety and depression are getting worse even though I’m trying to get out more but there’s to many hours in the day to fill, and the people I know have their families which I don’t have so back to empty house, right enough wallowing and whinging for now at least I’ve still got my car and can get out take care xx
Hello
Well I can see this reply ok
The antibiotics must be doing something they are attacking my stomach which the usually do so something else now to add to the list as always and like you I am struggling with my anxiety and feeling low so you are not on your own
I know x rays might not be as good but hopefully they will see enough and let us know when you get your results
Have you ever thought of leaving the radio on for when you come back in that is something years ago I used to do it helped rather than walking into a quite house
Hope you have the best day you can and you are coping with the heat ok x
Oops you are x
😂😂 yes funny one
😆😅😂😂🙈 Hahhhaaa love it!
😅😂😆🙈
You should have quit while you were ahead x
Wise words x
Thank You
He has ignored my advice though no reply x
Probably getting an early night so he is prepared to make some more jokes tomorrow in an attempt to break another record and make you laugh again x
Groan.... your humour sounds like my husbands
🤣 good to hear you again!
Morning socialites! Think I’m suffering overdose of strawberries and cream if that’s possible. We grow our own garagette variety which taste like strawberries always used to taste. Anyone else with a hot weather food addiction?
yum !! English strawberry addict here but naked ones no cream, BUT this morning there just happened to be a small piece of walnut cake (which my friend gave me yesterday) sat on my work bench in plastic bag and I thought it was rude not to eat it so popped it in with my breakfast strawberries how naughty was that!!!🙄
Oh, did I say cream!!! Coffee walnut cake - my favourite but not tried with strawbs …. 😀
Think that’s a typo Andy - don’t you mean goats cheese and salad? 😂
Morning everyone from a very hot and sunny Scotland, if anyone has any tips to keep my house cool, particularly my bedroom I would be very grateful, as much as I like the sun it's no so good without air con 😥I have been keeping blinds and curtains closed but it is still like a sauna, my house is definitely built for cold wet weather. Char
I’m not sure if this would work, but I know it works if air conditioning is used. In addition to keeping the curtains drawn, perhaps close the window and the door of your bedroom and just keep the fan on and running in an attempt to keep the cool air in the room. Worth a go maybe?
Unfortunately I don't have a fan, we don't usually need them up here but this year it's been exceptionally hot, I am thinking of getting one but no doubt by the time I order it normal weather will have resumed 🙄 the window only opens a tiny bit but I have been keeping the door and curtains shut but when I walk in its just a wall of heat, the sun hits the window from lunch time till it sets. I am off to Portugal next week and I am so looking forward to sitting under the Aircon unit ☀️😃char
Something tells me this weather will not settle any time soon, I expect it will get even hotter and reach anywhere between 40-50 degrees this Summer. It’s one extreme to another. The winter’s are terribly cold now, and the Summer’s awfully hot. I think it’s safe to say climate change has fully kicked in now.
I have a man comes fortnightly to cut my lawn. I don't think he needs to bother. Never been this bad. I felt so ill the other day I took a sachet of dioralyte which helped a lot; don't know if it's a good idea but I reckoned I'd sweated o ut so much I should put it all back. Here's the lawn; the dog's sniffing at next door's cooking.
from a very amateur gardener, I wouldn’t mow the lawn for a while, with the heat is kills the roots of the grass if it is too short x
Hmm, not sure if you should overly fuss over the lawn in this heat. At least you have some shade, must be nice for the dog x
We now get really mild winters compared to when I was young, it used to be below freezing and we always seemed to be up to our knees in snow, now it is rain and gales constantly, the weather has really changed. Char
Just recently had a below freezing winter where I am. It sounds a lot nicer to live where you are in the country
It sounds like the weather has swapped from the chilly north to further south.I am in the central belt of Scotland, it's a lot milder here than in the Highlands but even up there they don't have the same amount of snow for skiing as there used to be. Char
Hello
If you are leaving a fan on in the bedroom they say put a bottle of frozen water in front of it
I did it last year it worked a little bit x
I feel your pain 🥵 really struggling to sleep. Sun/Mon night I got 97 mins kip 🤦🏽♀️
It's horrible I just feel sick light headed and very grumpy 🥵😅char
😔 so glad Andy was at least able to make you smile! Take care & 'be kind' to yourself. Any chance of losing yourself in a good book? X
This might not be a great idea, but I will say it. If you have a fan, you might try placing a dish of ice cubes in front of it, and let the fan air blow over the ice cubes toward you. It might give a little bit of cooler air.
A portable air conditioner might work too. You could easily set that up and use only as needed.
It is very difficult having heart issues in very hot weather, so I hope that you can get some cooler air soon. 😊
Thank you for your reply, I don't have a fan we don't usually need them in Scotland but I definitely think I will need to invest in one if the weather is going to continue like this, it's definitely no fun for us hearties when it is so hot at home at least abroad we have Aircon, sea and a pool to keep us cool. Char
If you have an attic, open the loft door the heat will rise up into the roof space and keep the bedrooms cool.
Hi Char,
I heard a good tip on “this morning” a while back. Get tin foil and stick it (with a bit of water wiped or sprayed over the window) to the window, shiny side facing outwards and it will help keep the heat out.
Also, open the window at night once the sun has gone down and put a bowl of ice in front of the window so the warm air will pass over the ice and help to cool the room (only works if there’s a breeze and usually recommended placed in front of a fan but I read that you don’t own one.
Last tip, fill a hot water bottle about a third of the way and pop in the freezer. Place in your bed or on your pillow about an hour before bed to help drift off feeling cool and comfortable.
Hope these help, best wishes
Soap 🧼
Hi thank you for your reply. I haven't heard of the tinfoil one before but I am willing to give it a try. We had heavy rain at tea time last night and thankfully it cleared the air a bit but it still very hot. Char
🤣🤣🤣 thars the one for me🤣
Morning everyone don't know about you but I didn't sleep that great last night too hot and my cat kept trying to sleep on top of me and made me even hotter 😂🙈😆
Im not sleeping at all either! 🥵
Can't imagine coping with a cat on my head too 🐈⬛ 😂🤦🏽♀️
Me neither. I haven’t been sleeping well since the weekend. The humidity is like something else in the night. Will become a zombie at this rate 🧟♀️
Morning
This heat is not good for sleeping in but you did make me laugh it did not help with the cat on your head I agree it would not have done x
Poor cat just wanted a cuddle & you kept pushing him away Yumz! Have you tried putting a spare pillowcase in the fridge before you go to bed, then if you are too hot during the night you can change your pillowcase for the one that is nice & cool - this might help you drop off / go sleep again - provided it stays cat free of course!
Yeah I know what you mean don't worry she got her own way woke up and she was sleeping on my back 😂. Yeah thats a good idea thanks! 😅😁
Yes I have the same problem acat on top of me and I get hot at night anyway even in the middle of winter so a cat on top of you is the last thing you need
I saw a sheep in a swimsuit driving a car the other day. I asked her what the car was? it was a lambikini 😁🥱
lol 😆
I don't get it 🤷🏻♀️
You could have answered my replies instead of filling my Alerts up with likes instead
You don't need a coat today but get you sun hat instead
Thought we were doing well yesterday x
I think getting your coat is quite appropriate 😂
Makes two of us I am ready to explode 
Hope your mood changes soon and maybe just maybe we might be lucky and get a funny joke again x
😂😂😂😂x
Thank You x
That was very good! 😂
Hello
Yes I have heard of that they feel there is someone about that way but when I was on my own I did not like coming back to an empty house obviously this was some years ago now so I would either leave my radio on or sometimes the TV that way it did not feel so empty when I came in and also I would think if a Burglar was about and they saw the TV on or heard the radio it might put them of thinking someone was in
Hope your mood is lifting a little mine isn't though x
And again good keep going x
Your back and that was actually quite funny
Don't over do it today though as that is when it all starts going wrong x
You can do one more I think your max seems to be 2 a day when you go over then it starts going wrong
Just saying x
Elaine's face was not looking that good on Corrie last night and Tim needs to back of suspecting or his won't look that good either x
😱😬 bad joke alert
Yes that is the problem with these storylines they do draw them out and I have to be honest I get bored then x
I am unable to reply on this forum
Well I can reply to you Ethel, try replying to me.
Jean
hello Jean Jeannie 💖
Hello Ethel
Nice to see you joining in
Hope you have had a nice day x
I asked my parachute instructor what happens if it doesn't open.He said you're jumping to a conclusion.
That is hilarious !! Love it .
My mum used to leave the heating on overnight in the winter for her budgie I told her it was unnecessary, and a complete waste of money. One morning we came down and it was really hot in the room and the bottom of the cage was full of feathers. Apart from its head the budgie was bald. My mum made me and my stepfather take it to the vets the next day, she was convinced it had mite and made us promise we would not allow it to be put down as she loved it so much. My stepfather told the vet he thought the bird had mite. The vet replied "It MIGHT have". I couldn't stop laughing. The vet gave us some powder to sprinkle on the bird. It eventually worked and the budgie lived another 5 years having grown a few sparse feathers which convinced my mum she was right!
Hidden did you make any jokes today? I can’t find them, though I’m sure BeKind28- will be thankful for the break if you didn’t make any 🙈
Tos92
Hidden has ignored us all day
When he first joined even though I thought strange human we have here I let him talk to me to make him feel welcome , I helped get his career in crap jokes popular and now this is how he repays me what can I say 🤷🏻♀️ x
I will do the honour’s whilst Andy is on a break. Just a little warning, might be worser than his 🙈
Why do horses have low divorce rates?
They have stable relationships 😳
got it 😂
Thank you, will look into the misting fans asap! 👍🏽
Good morning everyone. How is the weather in your part of the world today? Here in South Devon we have light cloud and sun, feels a bit cooler out, but still hot indoors. I'm hoping to spend the day gardening. How are you going to spend yours?
Jean
Hello Jean
It is cooler here thank goodness even though like you say a little hot inside but with the windows open you can feel a breeze we actually have just had a few spots of rain and then it stopped !
I have the trooping of the Order on at the moment while giving orders to my Husband in the garden but have a good excuse these antibiotics I am having to take are giving me the worst side effects but I have to try and take them all but struggling
I hope you get done in the garden what you need to and have a lovely day x
Thank you BeKind
I wish I had someone to shout orders to re doing the garden. It needs so much doing and I really don't know where to start! Will try and get a gardener in to cut the hedges, my usual one didn't turn up to cut them last November and I can't bear to see them looking so straggly.
We had a few spots or rain too. I wish it would have a good pour down and give everywhere a good watering.
The antibiotics you're taking aren't Metronidazole are they? I refuse to take those tablets ever again as they made me feel dreadful.
Jean
Hello Jean
I would usually help a little but really can't as I feel so rubbish
When me and my Husband first met and I could get out a little we had a short break down Devon such a lovely place I did enjoy it
The meds are called Nitrofurantoin had them before and seriously they for me are the worst but they do cure the infection so not sure which is worse
Get yourself a gardener I would send Hubby if we lived closer x
You are back are you ?
See the crappy jokes have arrived after we spent all day yesterday looking for them x
When are they coming then x
Don't worry Andy, no one has a massive store of jokes in their head. One a month will do.
How are you anyway and are you enjoying or hating this hot weather?
Jean
Whenever you post them, I’ll be on the lookout 🫡
I was a sun worshipper, but am now paying dearly for it by needing lots of small skin cancers removed. My latest one on my leg needs a skin graft! Take care, an old workmate had half of his ear removed because of skin cancer.
I've just been behind the greenhouse at the bottom of my garden trying in vain to get rid of ivy and brambles.
While I think of it, I know a way to kill ivy - vinegar, salt and a drop of washing up liquid mixed together. It worked on my ivy, but need to kill the rest of it now.
Jean
Me thinks someone somewhere is now saying ....... "Thanks for the Ivy killer ingredients Jean. I'll try it on the wife later!" 😉
What do dentists call their x-rays?
Tooth pics!
We will be giving you Andys job x
Slight improvement x
Why's that then ? x
This will make you laugh BeKind:
youtube.com/watch?v=T430nVU...
Jean
It's contagious a bit like when they had the laughing policeman at the seaside x
Yes, I remember them.
x
Expect the laughing man was on BHF Health Unlocked and had found Andy's jokes!
😠 stop talking in riddles x
I second Andy in saying that i hope all you Dad's & GrandDad's out there have a good day ❤️.
And because I know there are Dad's who may be estranged from their kids & today might be hard to get through, I hope that you will be able to dig up a few cherised special memories to treasure for just a few moments today (without getting too upset) & to 🙏 for the kids & yourselves. ❤️.
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And for the rest of us, just a reminder that Father's Day cpuld also be a good chance :
- to say Thank you Dad, & / or Granddad too, for all that they do. And for all of their silly jokes too!
- to spend a few minutes remembering some nice / special memories of Dad's / Granddad's no longer with us.
- to try & forgive past hurts
- to reach out to try & re-build broken bridges while it's still possible to do so.
❤️
Where is todays mid week social check in 21 June
Wit like that will make sure the Social Check-in goes from strength to strength.
Maybe it's just been too hot and people aren't feeling up to bothering at the moment.
It's quite difficult to use in this format too with later replys getting embedded into different places in the eariler posts.
However the point is it's here for if and when we want to use it ☺️.
Well I assumed, if everyone is trying adhere to the updated rules, the social check-in thread would be renewed as agreed by the moderators and the forum members once a week.
Not everyone is though, Rachmaninov2 for instance posted the other day and had 25 replies before a Moderator closed it.
Not one person suggested that it was the wrong place to post until RITP did.
Perhaps if more members helped Amy-BHF by suggesting a post belongs on the Social Check-in rather than encourage posts on the main forum by replying to them, the forum would be a lot more harmonious, like it has been for a couple of weeks now.
Most people abide by the rules, why can't everyone?
The reason for that may be simple. For example, if a post isn’t trending, it is hard to locate on this forum. Furthermore, not everyone is familiar with all the other types of functions such as saving or pinning a post. These things may have contributed to it landing on the main forum.
I don’t think this one post has disrupted the harmony of this forum. I’ve been seeing and responding to heart related posts all week.
On the whole however, this recent change has been adhered to by the majority of members on this forum from what I have observed.
Have you read the post and replies?
Yes. I don’t see the relevancy in discussing a post that has been closed to be honest.
OK but it was the relevancy to your post about adhering to the updated rules and renewing the Social Check-in that was the point, not the actual post itself.
Yes, and I also said a majority have been adhering to the updated rules. Those who haven’t I’m sure have have their own, perhaps very simple explanations as mentioned earlier.
An easy mistake for some people but why not delete and repost on the social chat when notified.
BTW, Rachmaninov2 has been a member for 3 years and posted over 100 posts and over 5000 replies, I would think they know how to correct a mistake but as you say, perhaps they have their own very simple explanation.
Good point, I'll try to remember to redirect posts to the Social Check-in if I think it is a more relevant place. I would be interested in seeing how well the Social Check-in is working for the moderators.
When the Social Check-in was first set up by Amy-BHF there were around 20 posts in the unanswered section which covers the previous 4 weeks / Calendar Month.
Today there are 3, all posted within the last 24 hours. I think that clearly demonstrates that the chit chat was pushing genuine queries, questions and information off the page leaving worried people without an answer, but at least they could die laughing while waiting for a reply.
Hello
I am not sure how much truth is in that
I have always gone into the unanswered posts I leave it a few weeks especially if I do not have a answer hoping someone that does will reply
However if after a few weeks no one has replied I just ask the poster how they are doing now this then takes it out the unanswered posts and I have been doing that the last couple of days till everyone was answered so why your theory could be wrong I emptied it the best I could
Why has this debate yet started again I have no clue it gets tiring and the Community was just starting to look like everyone had settled down
I watch the news , people no doubt not alive at the bottom of the sea , the war , people losing people they love to cancer , heart failure and so much more and then I look on here and see the debates over posts and I think what ? really can we just remember at this moment how lucky we are and it makes me feel ashamed we can even be moaning or complaining about this when you listen to what is happening around the world
Now attack me for expressing my opinion no doubt someone will instead of been grateful we even have a site to come on and not at the bottom of the sea or living in fear when will the next bomb drop and lots more
No one is attacking anyone, just having a discussion.
So before the Social Check-in, how many times did you go through the Unanswered Section and respond to them because when I looked at the time, nobody was and I was looking everyday and still do. There were a large number of posts which had been there for the maximum period before they were timed out, nobody answered them and this had gone on for months and months.
The debate began again because a few members posted social chat on the main forum perhaps if you saw them you could have suggested to them that they delete it and post it in the Social Check-in. Nobody has got angry about it but I agree it gets tiring when people fail to follow the rules.
As for the rest of the message regarding world events, perhaps post about them on the Social Check-in if it helps with overcoming your concerns about things that are beyond your, my or most other peoples control. After all, isn't that what its there for?
If everyone worried over every World Dictator trying to destroy their enemies or rich adventurer who wishes to travel 3.5 miles below sea level to view a rusting hulk I doubt very much anyone would ever want children again.
The human race would die out through apathy, maybe the Earth would recover and life could begin again without our polluting, war mongering, evil, disagreeable, destructive and greedy society getting in the way. It's just a thought, taking your concerns to the utmost degree.
Perhaps that is the way forward, self annihilation of the Human Race!
On the other hand, if people followed the rules that Amy-BHF worked hard to implement there would be no reason to reopen the debate, no reason worry unnecessarily, no reason to get tired of it all, and no reason to unsettle the community.
Rather than contributing to social chit chat on the main forum by replying and excusing erroneous posts, why don't we all do as Flimflab has written and try to remember to redirect them to the Social Check-in.
Surely that is better than having to endlessly discuss this topic.
No doubt I will now be attacked for expressing my opinion.
Hey everyone been such great weather finally got down the gym been a week since I went 😅. Made sure I had breakfast and a cereal bar and plenty of water. Legs were sooo hurting so had to slow down a bit that seemed to help and treadmill was absolutely sweating and exhausted after that 😅😆. Was great fun though! Hope your all keeping well, what you all up to today?
Although the gym is good, I hope you’ve been resting since your trip at A&E a couple of nights ago x
Yeah I have don't worry it's taken since Tuesday before I even got dressed had a bath and washed my hair have hardly moved of the sofa x 😉 was a bit much washing my hair but I had too was so greasy! X
Glad you had breakfast you did well going it is very humid here and to be honest affecting my breathing
Had a Doctors visit and now listening to the news hoping a miracle happens and they find the submarine soon
Enjoy the rest of your day everyone
Aw sorry to hear the weather affecting your breathing 😕. How did the doctors visit go. Enjoy watching the news and have a lovely rest of your day hun take care hope you feel better soon x
I am not really enjoying watching the news just hoping something good will happen fingers crossed
Visit 50/50
Aw news can be so boring sometimes well most times I don't even watch it 😆. Yeah hopefully there's something better to watch. X
Who is this advice for ?
And for those that have the capability to think that way , not everyone does
Thank You Hidden for basically but in a more fluent way that I could have done said exactly what I wanted to say x
Please explain your comments.
thanks I’ll take it and try to follow it at least for the rest of today 🥴
Let it go. There is no right or wrong, you have your thoughts, others have theirs. Isn't that what you said once.
BTW, if you want a discussion on heart related matters I will gladly give you one.
Perhaps I don't post on everyday heart issues because my health experience is more suited to people who have had multiple heart procedures with Bacterial and Fungal Endocarditis causing life long chronic changes to the individual. As they are extremely rare cases I leave the replies to the run of the mill queries to other members such as yourself. I hope you understand.
In August you won't get anywhere near the beach as everybody heads there!
Hehhe yeah I think I am 😁🤭🙈😆
Aw beach lovely, that's so weird you have to pay 😳??
Yes never take life too seriously! Remeber you’re not completely useless. You can always be used as a bad example. 😛.
Yeah true and I am definitely a crisp addict 😂😅
Yeahhh definitely love a savoury snack to sweets, aw just been chocking on my crisp went down wrong tube aw made me cough sooo much and trying to talk after made me cough even more 😂😂😂
I’ve just asked my best friend who’s Italian whether you have to pay to use the beaches. She responded with saying that if the beaches are private then there is a cost. Were the beaches you attended public or private?
Are these REAL beaches, or manmade beaches in Italy ?
Yes, I’m sure they don’t compare to Australian beaches at all!
Talking about beaches makes me want to go on holiday 🏝️☀️😎
Do your values include swearing at people and somehow not being banned for continually going against guidelines by diagnosing peoples ECG results or does it only apply to the rules you personally approve of?
Asking for a hell of lot of people who are sick of selected rule enforcement.
I'm sorry but I have to disagree with you.
You attack people who you don't agree with, you troll people.
Yes everyone is entitled to their opinion and not get attacked for it, but it does happen on this forum by you and others.
I'm sorry you feel that what's happening in the world isn't impossible, I've personally been glued to the news and haven't posted in a while for several reasons.
I do wish you and your friends all the best.
Sending love
V x
Where is the mid week social check in for 21 June please?
I don't believe they have done one for this week 😔
As you can see from your comment earlier, the new social check-in has not been actioned. What is it that you wanted to ask? Can you not ask it on here?
I think we just wanted a new one to get away from the arguing that restarted on this one after someone who doesn't usually want to play here complained there was no-one to play with!
I think we just wanted a new one to get away from the arguing that restarted on this one after someone who doesn't usually want to play here complained there was no-one to play with!
Not sure why I've been turned into a parrot & seem to have repeated my post again 🦜. But maybe the forum has gremlins this morning?
Anyway, I wish you all a good day where-ever you are & what-ever you are doing.
I'm off to work but will check back later - Please do play nicely while I'm gone 😊.
Not sure why I've been turned into a parrot & seem to have repeated my post again 🦜. But maybe the forum has gremlins this morning?
Anyway, I wish you all a good day where-ever you are & what-ever you are doing.
I'm off to work but will check back later - Please do play nicely while I'm gone 😊.
Oh dear, you don't understand do you, I knew you wouldn't.
When the Social Check-in was launched I immediately stopped posting social stuff and supported Amy-BHF in her efforts to separate chit chat from the main forum as I could see the damage it was doing to the forum. Rather than encouraging rule breaking perhaps you should endeavour to help Amy by directing erroneous posts to the Social Check-in. Or do you advocate breaking all or any rules to suit your own values.
By the way, I came back onto the forum after having an email conversation with the media guy at BHF. He stated he hoped I would re-join this forum so I did. I have the conversation on record, if you want to speak to him personally I'm sure he will offer you the same courtesy as he did me.
Many thanks for your input now corrected, by the way, you didn't end your sentence with a punctuation.
I sent a separate message to BHF to ask for a new one when the original one ran over. We could always try that again as sometimes they remember and sometimes they don't
Aw bless. I hope your not too embarrassed, nice to see you place the punctuation at the end of this last comment. I hope you didn't join this morning just for that.
Yes, some people said the same about Shakespeare.
The point you have so obviously missed is that I responded to a comment from someone who pointed out a spelling mistake. Who in doing so made his own grammatical error.
But at least I didn't swear.
Morning TWU
I do hope this is not becoming an English lesson and we are started to be marked or I better get myself on the thick table if you still have it I shall be on it all the time x
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